Lighting railway-cars



H. RTREESE.

LIGHTING RAILWAY CARS.

(No Model.)

No. 325,795. Patented Sept. 8, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY E. FBEESE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LIGHTING RAILWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,795, datedSeptember 8, 1885.

Application filed March 14, 1885. (No model.)

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY E. FREEsE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLighting Railway-Cars, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figurel is a longitudinal vertical section of a car, illustrating myimprovements, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of engine, showing its oilsupply tank.

My invention has relation to lighting railway-cars by electricity and ithas for its object to provide an inexpensive and compact form of engineor power appliances for driving the generator, which engine has afurnace supplied with an oil-vapor fuel, whereby coal or 1 like bulkyfuel is dispensed withv and the space required for and the expense ofits carriage or transportation avoided; also, to provide means forpreventing radiation from the boiler and furnace for the engine.

My invention has for its further object to apply pressure devices to thedriving-belt of the generator for preventing the vertical and lateralvibration of the car, causing a flapping, slipping, or other movement ofthe loose parts of the belt, or those between the wheel 5 it connects,and thereby avoid any irregularity in the rotation of the generatorarmature, and, consequently, flickering of the lamps.

My invention accordingly consists of the combination, construction, andarrangement of parts as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, A represents a street or other railway car having atone end a room or apartment casing, a, in which is placed a L nSteam-enginei having an oil-tank, b, for

sup plyin g mlvapor to its furnace b'-in any of the well-known ways, andwhich therefore takes up but little space. This casing a pre ventsradiation from the engine boiler and furnace, and is arrangedtransversely to the length'of the car, and preferably at one end of thesame, as shown, so as to utilize the front door of the car for access tothe interior and permit the heat to escape when opened. The dynamo ispreferably secured to the adjacent end wall of the car on the sideopposite the engine-furnace. Qrepresents adynalnom electric generatorhaving any suitable beltconnection, a, with the usualengine-drivingshaft fast and loose pulley, b, as desired.

D represents an electric circuit having, preferably, incandescent lampsd and a switch, (1, for connecting the circuit D to and disconnecting itfrom the generator-circuit.

E represents a hinged or gravity bar, preferably pivoted to the top ofthe casing a, and having an idle roller or wheel, 6, adapted to impingeupon, preferably, its upper loose part or side, 0, of belt 0 to preventit from flapping, slipping, or otherwise moving as the car vibratesvertically or sways from side to side, thereby avoiding any irregularityin the rotation of the generator-armature and flickering of the lamps.

\Vhat I claim is 1. In a car, the combination of a boiler-fun nace, afuel-reservoir connected with said furnace, a steam-engine, an electriccircuit including a dynamo-electric generator which is geared to theengine, and a case which incloses the furnace, engine, fuel-reservoir,and the generator and prevents the heat from radiating in the car,substantially as described.

2. In a car, the combination of a boiler-furnace, a fuel-reservoirconnected with said furnace, a steam-engine, an electric circuitineluding a dynamo-electric generator which is geared to the engine, acase which incloses the generator, the furnace, and the fuel-reservoir,and a gravity belt-tightener pivoted to the case to prevent the jarringof the car from vibrating the belt connecting said engine and generator,substantially as described.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- HARRY E. FREESE.

Witnesses:

S. J. VAN STAVOREN, CHAS. F. VAN HORN.

